The social network was barely mentioned in Google's keynote
address Wednesday at this week's I/O developer conference, and
Manjoo asked Page what was going on with it.

"The service has been growing tremendously," Page insists.
"People are always like, 'Oh, what’s going on?' But for us, we're
super excited about it because it's a big service, growing
continuously, since we launched it, at a high rate, and we’re
making it better and better every day."

Page says social is even more important for Google than it was
two years ago, and that the Google+ community is very excited and
dedicated. He says when people think about Google+, they just
think of its home stream, but that it's much more than that. Page
mentions Google Play reviews as being a big part of the social
network. YouTube comments are another one (though not everyone is happy about that).

He also makes a pitch about why people should use Google+.

"People forget we’re able to make our services better by
understanding your relationships, making sharing work and
understanding identity," he told Manjoo. "These are deep and
important things for us as a company."